Apparatus for washing railway vehicles
Abstract
Abstract THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A FRAMEWORK STRADDLING A SECTION OF RAILROAD TRACK AND MOUNTING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE, GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SPRAY FRAME WHICH EXTENDS ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE EXTERIOR SIDE SURFACES OF A VEHICLE POSITIONED ON THE TRACK SECTION. THE SPRAY FRAME HAS A PLURALITY OF SPRAY NOZZLES FOR SPRAYING WASHING LIQUID ON THE VEHICLE. A CONTROL SYSTEM IS PROVIDED FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE SPRAY FRAME RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLE AND FOR APPLYING WASHING LIQUID FROM THE SPRAY NOZZLES WHILE RAISING AND LOWERING THE SPRAY FRAME. A SCRUBBING UNIT IS MOUNTED ON A TRACK WHICH EXTENDS ALONG EACH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK AND WHICH CROSSES THE SECTION OF RAILROAD TRACK AT ONE END THEREOF. THE SCRUBBING UNIT INCLUDES A BRUSHING MECHANISM WHICH CAN BE RAISED AND LOWERED AND WHICH CAN BE EXTENDED TO A POSITION OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EXTERIOR SIDE SURFACES OF THE VEHICLE.
Inventors
- 👤 Wallace J Saxonmeyer
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